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Justin Verlander pitched on semi-short rest, in order to avoid more chaos in the starting rotation. However, the strategy backfired somewhat, as the pesky Royals taxed Verlander with 3 runs.
Verlander eventually mustered a win, as the Tigers rode the power bats to victory. A run in the bottom of the ninth was the closest the Royals got to threatening the victory. Valverde managed to get the save, despite the chaos.
| Detroit Tigers at Kansas City Royals | ||||||||||||
| Apr 17, 2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Detroit (10-1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 2 |
| Kansas City (3-8) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 1 |
| W: Justin Verlander (4-0) L: Aaron Crow (0-2) S: Jose Valverde (2) | ||||||||||||
| Scoring Summary | ||||
| SCORING DETAILS | DET | KAN | ||
| DET | 4 | Ian Kinsler singles. Andre Ethier scores. | 1 | 0 |
| KAN | 4 | Jeff Francoeur singles. Alex Gordon scores. | 1 | 1 |
| KAN | 4 | Johnny Giavotella singles. Jeff Francoeur scores. | 1 | 2 |
| KAN | 5 | Alex Gordon hits an inside-the-park home run. | 1 | 3 |
| DET | 6 | Miguel Cabrera homers to right-center field. Andre Ethier scores. | 3 | 3 |
| DET | 6 | Ian Kinsler homers to left field. | 4 | 3 |
| DET | 6 | Alex Avila singles. JJ Hardy scores. | 5 | 3 |
| KAN | 9 | Eric Hosmer singles. Mitch Maier scores. | 5 | 4 |
| Detroit Tigers | ||||||||
| HITTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | HR | AVG |
| Austin Jackson | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .285 |
| Andre Ethier | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .281 |
| Miguel Cabrera | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .431 |
| Prince Fielder | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .434 |
| John Mayberry, Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .411 |
| Ian Kinsler | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .347 |
| Michael Morse | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .363 |
| JJ Hardy | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Victor Martinez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .244 |
| Alex Avila | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .346 |
| TEAM TOTALS | 41 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | --- |
| BATTING: 2B: A. Ethier (3) HR: M. Cabrera (4), I. Kinsler (8) RBI: M. Cabrera 2 (11), A. Avila (4), I. Kinsler 2 (21) | ||||||||
| BASERUNNING: SB: A. Jackson (3) | ||||||||
| FIELDING: E: A. Jackson 2 (2) | ||||||||
| Kansas City Royals | ||||||||
| HITTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | HR | AVG |
| Alcides Escobar | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .142 |
| Mike Moustakas | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .332 |
| Eric Hosmer | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 |
| Alex Gordon | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .391 |
| Jeff Francoeur | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .272 |
| Johnny Giavotella | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .186 |
| Lorenzo Cain | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .255 |
| Salvador Perez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .100 |
| Billy Butler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 |
| Manny Pina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jason Bourgeois | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .318 |
| Yuniesky Betancourt | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Mitch Maier | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .231 |
| TEAM TOTALS | 41 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 1 | --- |
| BATTING: HR: A. Gordon (3) RBI: E. Hosmer (6), J. Giavotella (2), A. Gordon (9), J. Francoeur (5) | ||||||||
| BASERUNNING: SB: J. Francoeur (2) | ||||||||
| FIELDING: E: J. Giavotella (2) | ||||||||
| Detroit Tigers | ||||||||
| PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
| Justin Verlander (W) | 5.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2.63 |
| Mark Melancon (H) | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.70 |
| Scott Downs (H) | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Matt Guerrier (H) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.70 |
| Jose Valverde (S) | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.38 |
| TEAM TOTALS | 9.0 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 1 | --- |
| PITCHING: Pitches-Strikes: J. Verlander 70-60, M. Melancon 11-9, S. Downs 5-5, M. Guerrier 9-9, J. Valverde 18-13 | ||||||||
| Kansas City Royals | ||||||||
| PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
| Aaron Crow (L) | 5.2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4.80 |
| Juan Gutierrez | 2.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Greg Holland | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 |
| TEAM TOTALS | 9.0 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | --- |
| PITCHING: Pitches-Strikes: A. Crow 67-59, J. Gutierrez 25-24, G. Holland 9-6 | ||||||||
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Josh Beckett made one of two rehab appearances. In 5 IP, he gave up 2 ER and struck out 5, but had 4 BB en route to victory.